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It's spoilers to say that this has a hilariously bad plot with twists you won't see coming because they're so stupid. But that is honesty the only selling point the manga has going for it. The art is the same stupid panty shot amateur effort, and the violence is nothing to write home about. Pretty much a rip-off of Saw when it comes to the various "death games". But it's only two volumes, so if you need something to read you might as well power through this one in less than an hour. I do have to point out that I am unsure why manga like this is so philosophically and artistically bankrupt. It really takes two volumes to say nothing and at the end of the read you feel nothing.

There are manga that try to be something and succeed, there are manga that try to be something and fail, and there are manga that don't try to be nothing and end up being exactly that, nothing.

And that's the case of this One Shot called The Voices That Call Me, from the author of Arigatou, an amazing manga with a great cast of characters, good use of its art and a good story. And it's curious to say that while i'm reviewing this, because The Voice That Call Me contains the exact opposite of the pros that Arigatou has. I don't know what the author had in his mind, but that was just a non sense gorefest. I must admit that i was interested in his other work after finishing Arigatou, so i decided to check this one shot.. and it's definitely the worst thing i've ever read.

This manga is confusing, but not because of an accumulation of information and details, not because it has great ambiguous philosophies, but because it is a complete very badly made mess. Dialogues, characters, art, story and even the ending were poorly done.

Emptiness of meaning, gratuitous, poorly drawn, bad dialogues, confusing and an ending without any sense. That's it.

This manga here my friends is pure SHIT! I usually have easy going mind and always try to find something enjoyable, no matter how disgusting a story might become but this here, just broke my shit scale!
1. No character development.
2. Full of plot holes.
3. The world seems so unreal that even tho there was a killing the previous day, the school started out normally like it's pretty common for this kind of things to happen on school premises. It's not like they got transfer to some other world because there was shown a police response at one crime scene.
4. No Enjoyment whatsoever.

My advice? Avoid this as much as possible.

It was a disappointment. Maybe the version I read was poorly translated or it was just poorly written. It hard a hard time getting points across to me, both artistically and dialogue wise. The art is solid but the flow of and the sequences were crappy. I had no idea what was happening most of the time.
Story wise, I am really really let down. It takes place in a facility 6000m underwater where a mysterious massacre occurred! You can play around with so many types of fears! The deep, dark ocean itself scares me personally, nightmare deep sea creatures, claustrophobia(Come on, you can imagine the facility collapsing in on you, it could be so scary!). But no. He went with (*SPOILERS*) summoning some ancient evil god or something.
It had potential but I was not entertained. :c

It is difficult to talk about Fukigen Cinderella.

First, I would like to say that I liked the plot and characters. It is a good psychological drama.
However...
The ending is just not well done. I image that the series got cancelled, so the author needed to finish it right away.
The only thing that we receive an answer at the end actually open 10 more questions.

I would love to see more of Fukigen Cinderella. If there were more chapters, I would definitely give a higher score. However, the way that is... I can't recommend it. I loved it and I want more, but I can't recommend it to a friend. Damn it.

Tldr at the bottom.

This is a decent manga if you are a fan of the isekai genre but I don't think it does anything amazing or adds much that hasn't been seen before. Our mc gets reincarnated as a slave and is then bought by a very kind family. He's brought up under their loving care so that he can protect them in the future with his insane barrier(magic) skills. The mc is along for the ride and has very little agency. This might not be an issue for some people, but I like my mc's to have a bit more worry about what they want to do in life and not so easily accept everything w/o a second thought. The family he grows up with are all nice people and he forms a fun relationship and deep bond with them. Honestly, they aren't very memorable outside of being nice and treating him well. The older daughter is the most memorable since her backstory is a bit more interesting and she's very cute. I have no issues with them and how they are presented its all just "alright". Most of what we've got so far is Slice of Life while growing up and learning magic with the family.

The manga is still in its early stages and there isn't a ton that's happened so far outside of the massive event in the newest chapters.(read past my tldr at the bottom and I'll give the tiniest spoiler about it if you are interested, it'll barely be a spoiler but some people hate even the tiniest spoilers so I'll put it at the very bottom just in case:) This is where the manga will turn and it remains to be seen where it will go in the future. I read ahead in the light novel and I can say it still follows a lot of the classic isekai tropes and situations.(I can already see the mc building his harem :P) The mc hasn't had a ton of development outside of figuring out what he wants to do with his life. In closing, you should read this if you like the isekai genre. It never wowed me in anyway but the quality is good, just don't expect much variety compared to what you're used to outside of the big event. The art is pretty good and I have no complaints in that department.

TLDR: Give it a go if you like Isekai, its stock standard in most regards but not offensive or lacking in quality. Its just slightly better than "fine" to where its enjoyable enough. The only real difference I'll hint at in the tiny spoiler below. (don't read if you hate spoilers, no matter how tiny)




THIS IS A SPOILER:


The story takes a tragic turn in the most recent chapters and gets pretty emotional, which I really enjoyed and adds in some much needed variety. Its actually pretty depressing so if you're looking for all happy days I'd steer clear of this one, as for me I loved it and was excited to see something different from what I was expecting.

I always liked the premise of a character who is betrayed and driven by revenge to get stronger, but this manga does not use very well and ends up distorting halfway and ends in a horrifying way.
The manga is very similar to Arifureta, but unlike the one that gives up revenge and begins to focus on how to return to its original world, Dungeon Seeker remains obsessed with revenge, but the ending is so bad that the whole development of the story that It's cool becomes skippable.
About the story: Much of the work is interesting, but the ending spoils with virtually all of manga's development.
Characters: The main characters are well developed, except for the girl who causes the plot twist of the ending.
Art: Beautiful, nothing to complain about.
I recommend? If you like Arifureta and want a manga with a similar premise yes, however you might be disappointed with the ending.

The manga has an interesting storyline and quite entertaining characters, undergoing a lot of development for only 23 chapters. Original idea, good artwork and plot development with an ending open to interpretation. What can Akarui Sekai Keikaku really offer?

Read my full review here - https://wolf48blog.wordpress.com/2017/10/16/akarui-sekai-keikaku-manga-review/
For short summary read the overall section, hope it was helpful :)

Story
The story of Akarui Sekai Keikaku is actually quite original and interesting. It really kept me engaged, it was fun, it was interesting, it was tense, it had plot twists, it had everything necessary to be called good. Despite the fact that the series are based on the ecchi and fanservice part, the plot was really well thought of. It had a certain amount of mistakes and plot holes, rushed endings and skipped time frames, but the overall idea and development were really good. There was a good amount of mystery, surprise and action for such a series and this made it even better.

Characters
For such a short series with a quite big variety of characters, there were really interesting personas to observe and a considerable amount of character development. There are 10 main acting characters in the series, each with his/her unique and really interesting personality. We have a tsundere, a pervert, an otaku, a stalker, a mysterious guys and so on. All of the characters are unique and undergo a special development based on things that happen to them and decision they are forced to make. They make the manga as good as it is and add a little spice to the already interesting storyline.

Art
I have to admit Izumi Kouki has done a great job in illustrating the manga. The art is on a really high level, typical for 2012-2013 manga, with a fine attention to detail. Of course, there is a big room for improvement, but the style is really good and there were just few compromises which I assume are all due to short deadlines and cutting on the series at an early stage.

Overall

In overall, I believe that Akarui Sekai Keikaku deserves a lot more attention that it is getting. It has a really interesting storyline and characters, great artwrok and a lot of plot twists and mystery that make the experience of reading it even better. It can be easily consumed in one breath and will keep you entertained all the time. The manga will certainly make you think about life and the decisions you make and is worth the time.

If you enjoy a shallow story with characters that seem more like robots following a specific type of attitude from any anime you've seen that this manga is right for you.
the keyword this manga strives for is 'shock'. It wants to shock it viewers, and I can say that I'm honestly not shocked at all, I'm actually bored out of my mind. Which is surprising considering that every two pages you're going to find either gore or rape. But honestly, you've probably seen everything this manga has to offer from your friendly neighborhood fishy website. Head sliced in half, see it. Body stitching, seen it. Decapitation, seen it. It gets old real fast. You know what actually shocks viewers? actual horror.
Another unsurprising thing? That the characters as shallow as a puddle and just follow a specific attitude. You've seen it all folks, girl acting innocent but is sadistic, check. Girl acting joyful but is dark and cruel, check. Absolutely nothing of the main character that has nothing to offer but shitty reactions and doesn't provide any meaningful plot? Oh, you know it.
The idea of the story is pretty fun, but it delivers kinda flat. Either being too long or too short, even though it has tried to spice it up by having little twists here and there or some boring character arcs.
The art is actually kinda enjoyable, giving the character a certain charm. But even that gets worse as the chapters progress, getting more and more simple.
Overall the Manga is really boring, don't waste your time, read something else.

I am deeply surprised with Hanazono-san Twins. Based on the cover, tags, and premise, I had a relatively solid idea of what I was getting into. Everything this manga is is built on well-worn clichés that have plagued romance manga for decades. It is, after all, a classic love triangle with two girls with different personalities and looks perusing a mutual childhood friend. There are random hijinks with each girl being given various advantages over the other chapter-to-chapter. The breasts are in fact large. However, it manages to present these classic ideas in a fun enough way to leave me both engaged and interested to read more.

Starting out, the artwork is really solid. The author and artist Kitajima manages to nail some strong expressions with really decent character designs. It also gets points for being a love story about a big breasted gyaru and having little to no ecchi aside from a couple bathing scenes. In general the artwork sells the experience, especially in the recent chapters 24 and 25 which have a few great visual gags.

Hanazono Twins does something I never thought possible, making a wimpy virgin high schooler actually entertaining as a love interest. I’m not going to argue that he is all that fantastically written, after all I still don’t remember his name, but I think he has legitimate chemistry with both of the girls. Some of the bits where he interacts with the gyaru are especially charming, specifically when the adorkable bits die down and they can freely interact. In addition, I think this guy strikes a decent balance of wimpy and charismatic. A lot of series in this genre tend to make the main guy too unpopular and scummy. This makes the moments where the protagonist is suddenly super thoughtful and charismatic feel completely out of nowhere. Our protagonist in this manga manages to maintain a good enough balance that I find it relatively believable that the twins would like him, even if the gyaru’s reasoning is as cliché as it comes. Thankfully, a decent bit of the other characters are also likeable. The twins are kind of generic, but they work decently enough. The gyaru’s friends are all pretty entertaining, especially the one with short dark hair.

I think another thing that makes the love triangle work is the starting position the characters are all in. It is relatively by the books with one of the sisters being in a better position to grow than the other, while the other sister is the specific love interest that the protagonist initially wants. However, it is executed in a very specific way that makes the scales feel much more interesting. This is partially because our protagonist does not feel nearly as wishy-washy as other characters from other manga do in his position.

My only major complaint about this manga is in its side plots. I can feel my engagement drop the moment the story focuses on some random new side character for a few chapters. These stories aren’t necessarily bad, but they don’t feel entirely relevant and detract from the momentum of the manga. This isn’t a major complaint, but it is something worth voicing.

I deeply hope this manga is not axed. If it is given enough time I can see it being a really good complete package once it is done. I would recommend it to anyone who enjoys standard romance manga and would like to read another. This manga has a lot of potential and is a surprisingly entertaining read.